Weekly Top Ten: Solis Launches Wage-Theft Campaign | SEIU vs. NUHW | Remembering Cesar Chavez

Newsletter 2 April 10

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Under George W. Bush, the Department of Labor's resources were sharply curtailed, and its Wage and Hour Division seemed to protect employers more than workers. With the help of 250 new field investigators for the division, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is reversing that trend. On Thursday, at the site of Jane Addam's Hull House settlement, "the new sheriff in town" unveiled a new national initiative that aims to combat America's wage-theft epidemic.

Also this week: Kari Lydersen on a new face of the labor movement, Carl Finamore reports from the SEIU vs. NUHW trial in San Francisco, and R.M. Arrieta remembers Cesar Chavez's life and legacy on what would have been his 83rd birthday.

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Weekly Top 10:

White House Boosts 'Flexible' Workplace, As 15 Million Still Seek ANY Workplace

UAW Membership Reaches Postwar Low. Can the Iconic Union Bounce Back?

Driving 'Mobile Sweatshops,' Cabbies Become A New Face of Movement

Obama Uses Recess Powers to Confirm Pro-Labor Appointees

Building on Health Reform Momentum, NYC Workers Push for Paid Sick Days

Will Emboldened Obama Begin to Fight Overseas Job Relocations?

GOP Strategist Perversely Plans to Fight Wall St. Reform as 'Bailout'

Remembering Cesar Chavez

A Free Solution to the Jobs Crisis: End China's Currency Manipulation

SEIU vs. NUHW, Week One: Plaintiffs Make Case, Without Evidence

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